Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease

H Weich, P Herbst, F Smit, A Doubell - Frontiers in Cardiovascular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatic heart disease [RHD] is the most prevalent cause of valvular heart disease in the
world, outstripping degenerative aortic stenosis numbers fourfold. Despite this, global …

Fluid–Structure Interaction Model of a Percutaneous Aortic Valve: Comparison with an In Vitro Test and Feasibility Study in a Patient-Specific Case

W Wu, D Pott, B Mazza, T Sironi, E Dordoni… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) represents an established recent technology
in a high risk patient base. To better understand TAVR performance, a fluid–structure …

Design and finite element-based fatigue prediction of a new self-expandable percutaneous mitral valve stent

GP Kumar, F Cui, A Danpinid, B Su, JKF Hon… - Computer-Aided …, 2013 - Elsevier
Percutaneous heart valve replacement is currently limited to the replacement of pulmonary
and aortic valves in a targeted group of patients. Designing a heart valve for mitral valve …

Experimental validation of the fluid–structure interaction simulation of a bioprosthetic aortic heart valve

I Kemp, K Dellimore, R Rodriguez, C Scheffer… - Australasian physical & …, 2013 - Springer
Experiments performed on a 19 mm diameter bioprosthetic valve were used to successfully
validate the fluid–structure interaction (FSI) simulation of an aortic valve at 72 bpm. The FSI …

Development and testing of a transcatheter heart valve with reduced calcification potential

H Weich, L Botes, A Doubell, J Jordaan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Patients from developing countries who require heart valve surgery are younger
and have less access to open heart surgery than those from developed countries …

Design considerations and quantitative assessment for the development of percutaneous mitral valve stent

GP Kumar, F Cui, HQ Phang, B Su, HL Leo… - Medical engineering & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Percutaneous heart valve replacement is gaining popularity, as more positive reports of
satisfactory early clinical experiences are published. However this technique is mostly used …

The influence of leaflet skin friction and stiffness on the performance of bioprosthetic aortic valves

K Dellimore, I Kemp, C Scheffer, H Weich… - Australasian physical & …, 2013 - Springer
Leaflet skin friction and stiffness were found to have a significant influence on the systolic
performance of a 19 mm diameter bioprosthetic aortic valve based on fluid–structure …

Focus areas of cardiovascular medical device research in South Africa: in practice

C Chimhundu, K De Jager… - South African Medical …, 2016 - journals.co.za
We investigated the focus of cardiovascular medical device research in South Africa over the
15-year period 2000-2014. Information drawn from journal articles was used for the analysis …

Fatigue modeling in percutaneous caval valved stents

GP Kumar, M Ismail, YN Nguyen, LH Liang, F Cui - Procedia engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Heterotopic implantation of transcatheter tricuspid valve is a new treatment option for
tricuspid regurgitation. Transcatheter tricuspid valves (inferior and superior) are implanted at …